Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-24
DAILY HERALD.
FLOWER FESTIVAL.
The Close of the Grand
Exhibit.
RECEIPTS OF THE SEASON.
A Splendid ShOwing-The Lady
Managers Return Their
Sincere Thanks.

Last night was the close of the mos
successful and beautiful flower exhibi
ever given in California or any o.he
place on the globe. The ladies VIII,
have had the festival in charge hav
worked nobly and untiringly and it 1
gratifying to note that SUCCESS in no un
stinted measure has Gro wned their e.
forts. There is no feature of the socia
life Of Los Angeles that tends to make
our city. known abroad nearly so mucl
as the annual Flower Festival, and ths
efforts OF the ladies are worth many
hundreds OF thousands Of dollars to u;
in the way of advertising. Aside from
that the object Of the Society and the
purpose to which the funds are de-
voted is one that appeals to the hearts
of everybody. Too much praise cannot
be lavished upon these charita.
bic ladies, and while they are lay.
ing up q large amount of treasure in
heaven they are receiving on this earth
some reward in the high esteem in which
they are held by ell lovers of humanity.
The receipts for the season are 81 500,
and the expenses abou. $500, which
leaves handsome margin for the Wom-
ans Home.
Last evening the usual floral pro.
cession took place, and there was u
beautiful lily tableaux composed of
young ladies dressed in white aud hold.
ing lilies in their hands. The Uniform
Rank Knights Of Pythias gave drill and
went through some very beautiful evolu
tions
The ladies take the following method
of returning their thanks 10 the persons
who have so kindly assisted in render.
ing the affair such q brilliant success;
THANKS OF THE LADIES.
The Board of Managers of the Flower
Festival cannot allow their third annual
exhibition to come to close without
rendering most heartfelt thanks to all
who have in any way joined in making
the affair the grand success which it has
proved. While wishing to thank all, in
this general public way, We yet would
make separate mention of some whose
services have been of a specially import.
ant character
To the Rev. M. F. Colburp, of River.
eide, our thanks are first of all du. for
the time and care taken by him in plan.
ming the interior decorations and ar.
rangement of booth-. We appreciate
fally the d fficulty under which he la.
bored in trying to do such q work, when
tie building itself was scarcely planned.
The notices in the papers and crowded
houses have sufficiently emphasized the
eatisfaction of the public
To the officers of the Southern Pac &c
Railroad Company-Col. E. K Hewitt,
Superintendent; Mr.. J. A. Muir, Assist
ant B. F. Smurr, General Freight
and Passenger Agent; Mr.. o. H. Burke,
Depot Agent; to the officers of the Cali
fornia Southern r. r. Co., Mr.. H. B.
Wilkins, General Passenger Agent; Mr..
Williamson Dunn, General Passenger
Agent; MIR. H. c. McCauley. Private
Secretary to Mr.. Williamson Dunn;
to the officers of the Pasadena & San
Gabriel Valley r. K. Co., Messrs. Jew.
EFT and Crank, and to Mr.. William
Pridham, Superintendent of Wells, Far.
60 l. Co. Is Express, we tender our thanks
for their great liberality in giving free
transportation for flowers, green's for
decoration aud eatables, from all parts
of the county. We return cordial thanks
to the members of the press, from whom
evl courtesy has been received. And
WI e conscious that the kindly discrim.
in 3 notices in the papers have added
materially TO the success of our great en-.
terprise.
Aspecial favor was conferred upon the
sty by the editors of the Tribune
who donated their entire supply of
papers. A letter with this kind offer
was received by Mrs. Widney ut the end
of the first week and they have gener-
ously kept up their supply every day.
A pleasant surprise was prepared for
the society by the students of the Hanna
College. This was the presentation
OF q pretty publication, giving pleasant
accounts of the festival, an article on
the object of the society and various
bits of news.
We would also heartily thank Measrs.
Northcrafts l. Clark for the use of fire
and burglar proof safe, most nee led
use Of the refrigerator. Messrs. Pol
Aaus 4 Volmer. S. Meyer and Parme:.
lees Bazl zlar, for use of dishes. Messrs.
Nudge 4 Sloan, loan Of pottery and
very handsome brass lamp. Hawley &
/
The weight tickets were donated by the
Times. Mirror Compsny. The Los An.
geles Furniture Company, for mirrors,
tables. etc. Messrs. B. F. Coulter and
Wagner 4 Co., for show cases and "a
large number of boxes. Messrs. Brown
& Foster, for sickle. Messrs StassfOrth
4 Co., hour glass. Harper & Reynolds
Co., for scythe. Messrs Walton 4
Wachtel and Fuller 4 Day and Los An.
geles Furniture Company, for furniture.
. Congregational Church, Christian
Church and Young Mems Christian
Association for tables and chairs. Mr.,
N. Matthews, for plow and wheelbar.
row. MIR. McManis, for loan of car for
procession. Mr.. Stowell, for loan OF
soda fountain and placing and daily
charging of the same. The Kan Koo,
for Japanese umbrellas and vases. Chick
Brothers, for free conveyance. Gard
Mahoney for five boxes Napa mineral
water donated to Mrs. Hazard for Lsm.
sds Booth. Mr.. Richards. for six flower
vases. Mr.. Carter, of Carterhia for
flowers and flower pieces.
The following towns for bountiful con.
tributions of flowers, fruit, aud supplies
for the dining room: Santa Monica, Pas.
adena, San Gabriel, Alhambra, Orange,
Tustin. Santa Anna, Fulton Wells, Long
, Beach, San Fernando, Pomona, Sierra
Madre.
We cannot express fully enough our
thanks to those who contributed SO
abundantly to the entertainments of
each evening. To Mrs. Widner and
Mrs. Wells, and their constantly taxed
aids, for the tabieaux aud professions.
To Col. VI. II. Russell, for the enter.
tainmeots provided by the Seventh In
fantry Corps, and Castle Guard Division
No. 20.
To Prof. Bartlett and his Seventh In.
fantry Band for the excellence of the
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